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PEOPLE vs. Valeriano Mananguite, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VALERIANO MANANGUITE @ ANOY, REYNALDO MORILLO @ REYNING and EDENCIO MONTA?O @ EDEN, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-24454 | 1968-06-22

D E C I S I O N 


SANCHEZ, J.: 

Called to trial on a charge of murder were Chief of Police Valeriano Mananguite, alias Anoy, Sergeant of Police Reynaldo Morillo, alias Reyning, and Policeman Edencio Montano, alias Eden, all of the municipality of Mondragon in Samar. The alleged triggerman, policeman Fidel Cerenado, alias Bakot, eluded arrest, never faced trial, got a provisional dismissal. Upon the finding of conspiracy, the first three were found guilty of murder, sentenced to life imprisonment, required to jointly and severally indemnify the heirs of the victim in the sum of P6,000.00, and to pay their proportionate share of the...